"SIDHARTH". Both of them were sitting in the corner when they heard a scream. Shehnaaz heard Sidharth curse under his breath and then looked at the source of voice.
"oh my god... You are fine... I was so worried about you". Shehnaaz gasped loudly when the girl came running and slammed herself into Sidharth.
" you know I was so worried for you". Her hands were wrapped around Sidharth's neck and Sidharth almost pushed her away.
"ummm.... Sanchi I'm good". Shehnaaz eyes were wide open hearing the name.
Sidharth pushed her a bit away gently and looked at Shehnaaz who was looking dead straight toward Sanchi, her jaw was clenched but her face was blank.
" I was so stressed Siddi... Oh my god". Shehnaaz was almost chocked by the word 'Siddi' and turned her head toward Sidharth who was rubbing his forehead.
Sanchi on the other hand didn't even acknowledged Shehnaaz's presence, she was continuously blabbering to Sidharth nonstop while keeping her hand over his shoulder making the senerio worst.
"hmmmm... Sanchi... This is my wife". Sidharth introduced Shehnaaz to her to shut her up, he wrapped his hand over Shehnaaz's shoulder and pulled her a bit closer.
Shehnaaz didn't knew exactly what to feel, her husband just introduced her to the reason of her unsuccessful marriage. She was the girl who had her husband wrapped around her finger even after the marriage. No doubt she was beautiful and she could clearly wrap anyone around her finger and this made her stomach churn but the way he introduced her was something different and it somewhere helped her churning stomach though she didn't expected that. She thought it would not going to affect her but knowing that her husband had loved this girl way too much made her sick to death.
On the other hand the blabbering stopped and she looked at Shehnaaz with seriousness, her eyes travelled to Sidharth's hand which was over Shehnaaz shoulder and then her gaze travelled to her face like she was studying her.
"Hi... I'm Sanchi". Sanchi introduced herself onlyto get a nod from Shehnaaz's side. Shehnaaz wouldn't help the bitterness she was having for Sanchi.
"Shehnaaz". She whispered and nodded.
"areee madam... Doctor k pass Jaake dikhao Pehle Aap". Sanchi turned around and got up from the floor when she heard the officer calling her out.
"I'll go... Ohk". She smiled at Sidharth and left.
As Soon as she left Sidharth turned toward Shehnaaz who looking at the other side, he knew that was awkward for her and for him too.
"Shehnaaz"
"Shehnaaz". He squeezed her shoulder and she came back from her thoughts.
"huh". She looked at him and he could clearly see the uncertainty in her eyes, for the first time he looked into her eyes so deeply, her brown orbs reflected pain and uncertainty.
"Jaha m fasa hua tha udhar mili thi mujhe ye..... Or isse zyada...". She didn't let his complete and passed him a small sad smile. She stood up from the place they sitting and looked down at him.
"Tumhein mujhe explain krne ki zarurat nhi h.... M tumse kuch nhi puchungi Sidharth.... Na hi Pehle pucha tha... Na hi ab puchungi.... Tumko jo krna h karo... Meri tareaf se Tumhein koi rok tok nhi h". Sidharth clearly understood the meaning of 'rok tok' and he knew she was getting all of this very wrong.
" Tumhein nhi chahiye explaination... Theek h... Nhi dunga koi explaination m... Bss ye Yaad rakhna biwi ho tum meri...". He too stood up next to her and both of their brown orbs crashed against each other for an intense eye contact.
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" Shehnaaz Khaana khao ache se... ". Sidharth almost scolded her. They were given a few spoons of rice and dal which was not even sufficient to ful a toddler's stomach but nobody complained because getting food at this situation was heavenly.
"mann nhi kr rha h". She replied plainly. She was not talking to him like she was doing few hours back. She was not even looking at him properly and it was bothering him.
"Shehnaaz Humein pta nhi h hum kab yaha se bahar niklenge... Or Humein dubara khana kb milega khaalo... Please". He very gently cupped her face in his hand making her look at him.
"hmmmm". She nodded and started eating quietly making him take a deep breath, he knew why she was this off, he knew but he didn't knew what to do. His eyes wandered around and got locked with Sanchi who was sitting a bit far away from them and was already looking at him, he clearly knew that look so he just broke the contact and looked at his wife.
The clarity he got from this incident was he didn't wanted anybody else, he wasn't even affected by Sanchi's touch, he didn't felt any anger toward her, it was like she didn't even matter to him anymore.
All be wanted was his wife, he wanted her, the days he had spent without her were enough for him to realize that he couldn't lose her. He had not treated her right in any way but he would change that, he would give her anything she want, he would make sure that she is happy.
"Shehnaaz". He called her ever so softly that it made her shiver.
"hmmmm". She hummed and looked up at him, the look in his was so intense and soft at the same time that it scared her, he was looking at her differently and she didn't knew how to deal with that.
"shayad ye sahi wakt nhi h ye sab bolne ka... Pr agar nhi bolunga tyo Pagal ho jaaunga....". He took a deep breath and started speaking again.
"mujhe pta h mene tumhare Saath bhot bura bartaav kiya h... Or shyd m kitni bhi maafi maangu vo kam hi h... Kyuki maafi se jo dukh mene Tumhein pohchaya h vo kam nhi hoga.... Pr bss Tumhein itna bolna h ki... Chahe kuch hojaaye Tumhein khush rakhne ki puri koshish karunga... Jaanta hu ye pichla ek saal bhot bura guzra h... Pr m vada krta hu ki aage essa nhi hoga.. M puri koshish karunga ki meri vajeh se Tumhein takleef na ho... ". He said every word with so much tenderness that it made her tear up immediately. She didn't expected that from him and she knew he was being honest but the sudden change in his behaviour was scaring her, she wanted to believe him but her mind was not letting her do that.
"m jaanta hu Tumhein bharosa nhi hoga mujhpe... Pr ek mauka dekar dekho.... Please". He wiped the tear that slip out of her eye.
"bss ek mauka". Her voice croaked.
"bss ek mauka". He replied.
